The Highlands Performing Arts Center will screen, Live via Satellite the MET Opera’s production of Wagner’s Die Walküre at noon on Saturday, March 30. In what is expected to be a Wagnerian event for the ages, soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, the willful title warrior maiden, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. Tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek are the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde, and bass-baritone Greer Grimsley sings the god Wotan. Philippe Jordan conducts. Run time is 5.5 hours, there will be sandwiches, snacks and beverages available for purchase. A pre-opera discussion begins at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are available online HERE or at the door. Highlands PAC is located at 507 Chestnut Street, Highlands, N.C.
